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The Goodbye Kid

from Letters In The Dirt by Chuck Brodsky

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The Goodbye Kid checks his watch
The hour is late and the night is hot
He wipes the sweat from off his brow
“What time is it?” you ask, and he says, “Now”

The Goodbye Kid - on his arm is a coat
In case it gets cold, and he clears his throat
The speech he’d prepared - you were expecting to hear
But then he whispers, “I love you” in your ear

“I can’t leave without these” - he reaches under your chair
And picks up his keys - says, “I don’t know how they got there...
And how I wish I could stay - at least another day more”
Says the Goodbye Kid with one foot out the door

The Goodbye Kid - he’s been around the block
Looking for a parking place - couldn’t find a spot
That’s him out there - with the hazards on
The Goodbye Kid, and he can’t stay long

Did you get too close to the Goodbye Kid?
Did he leave too soon? Or was it you who did?
Did you take your heart back behind closed doors
And listen ‘till you couldn’t hear the sound of his engine anymore

The Goodbye Kid checks his map
Inside his head that’s upon your lap
He holds your hand while he plans his route
Those places & those dates are so absolute

The Goodbye Kid - he’s a one man band
Towns a nobody goes - he does a one night stand
A hundred nights in a row - they always end like this
They even start sometimes with a goodbye kiss

The Goodbye Kid - he’s thinking of you
And you say, “Sure...and all those other girls too...
So where ya’ calling from?” - He says a Texaco
The Goodbye Kid calling to say hello

The Goodbye Kid - he leaves a rose
A little bud with its petals still closed
“Would you tend to it - and see that it lives?”
Reads the little card signed by the Goodbye Kid

Did you get too close to the Goodbye Kid?
Did he leave too soon? Or was it you who did?
Did you take your heart back behind closed doors
And listen ‘till you couldn’t hear the sound of his engine anymore

The Goodbye Kid...checks his watch

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from Letters In The Dirt, released February 1, 1996

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